
Ratatouille
Josh Ball
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Category
Side Dish
Cuisine
French
Servings
4
Prep Time
40 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
This is Ratatouille by @cheffingwithharry— a beautiful vegetable dish that originated in Nice, made even more famous by (arguably) the best Disney movie ever. Don’t fight me on this! 😤
The tanginess of the tomatoes perfectly balances the sweetness of the onions, capsicums and squashes, all elevated by fresh mixed herbs. It’s also a fantastic way to use up those surplus summer veggies from your Farmers Pick box!
If you’ve ever been tempted to try Ratatouille after watching the movie, save this recipe, make it a movie night, and give it a go. You won’t be disappointed (promise).
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Ingredients
- 1 jar of roasted red capsicums
- 3 yellow squash
- 2 zucchinis
-
8 ripe tomatoes (can substitute for two cans of crushed tomatoes)
- 1 eggplant
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 brown onion
- 2 green capsicums
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1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig of thyme
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- Basil to finish (optional)
- Ice
- A food processor or blender
- A sieve
- Mandolin (optional)
- An oven proof frying/sautee pan (no silicone handles)
Things you'll need
Directions
- Place a medium sized pan of water on to boil, core and score the bottom of your tomatoes whilst you wait for this to heat up
- Blanch the tomatoes for 10-15 seconds or until the skin starts to peel off, then remove and place then straight into ice water, remove from the ice water once cool
- Remove the skin and seeds of the tomatoes and finely dice, put to one side
- You can substitute steps 1-3 and use two cans of tinned tomatoes instead, I prefer the cherry ones they seem to be sweeter!
- Dice your brown onion, green capsicum, roasted red peppers and garlic
- In a pan on a low heat, add your extra virgin olive oil, along with the onion, a generous pinch of salt, followed by your bay leaf and thyme
- Cook the onion until soft but without colour, then add in your green capsicum
- Cook out the capsicum until soft, then add your tomatoes and cook out for another five minutes
- Finally add your roasted red peppers (strained) and continue to cook for another five minutes
- Remove the thyme and bay leaf and blitz the sauce until you have a thick paste,if too thick you can add more olive oil when blitzing
- Pass this through a sieve and season to taste
- Next slice all of your vegetables thinly enough so they can bend without snapping, you can use a knife instead of a mandoline, or if your food processer has a blade attachment for slicing this will work perfectly
- Preheat your oven to 180 celcius fan
- Season all of your sliced vegetables with olive oil and salt, stack them identically if you're feeling super fancy and you have all the time in the world, otherwise random is fine
- Pour your sauce into the bottom of the pan and add in your vegetables, make sure to slice enough as I had to do loads more, but this recipe is correct!
- Season again with olive oil, salt, and cook in the oven for 40 minutes, taste one piece of the eggplant as this will have the toughest skin and take the longest, if ready, remove and leave on the side for ten monutes before serving
Recipe Note
Fresh Herbs can be substituted with our Farmers Pick Mixed Herbs!